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Many thanks to Dave for his design and plans, Paul Shirey for my first kite build - a Sano kit, Ken McNeill for his Muse workshop and all those wonderful kites, Frazer for the suggestion to build, and to all you fellow builders who have shared their experiences online.

Awesome looking kite, and I really enjoyed looking at the build documentation! I see you added a leech line, you probably already know, but Davide designed it (at least the std as far as I know) without one. My std SS is a bit loud, but I feel that it helps with speed control a bit, especially if you are going to fly figures or compete. You may want to try flying with it loose when you get a chance.

I put a leech line in my UL, though, to get a bit more bottom end out of it.

Awesome looking kite, and I really enjoyed looking at the build documentation! I see you added a leech line, you probably already know, but Davide designed it (at least the std as far as I know) without one. My std SS is a bit loud, but I feel that it helps with speed control a bit, especially if you are going to fly figures or compete. You may want to try flying with it loose when you get a chance.

I put a leech line in my UL, though, to get a bit more bottom end out of it.

Awesome looking kite, and I really enjoyed looking at the build documentation! I see you added a leech line, you probably already know, but Davide designed it (at least the std as far as I know) without one. My std SS is a bit loud, but I feel that it helps with speed control a bit, especially if you are going to fly figures or compete. You may want to try flying with it loose when you get a chance.

I put a leech line in my UL, though, to get a bit more bottom end out of it.

I added one to my std too. I haven't tightened it yet preferring to see how it flies as planned. So far speed is very consistent, however it gets loud starting around 6 mph. Lots of buzz in the keel more so than the wing tips.

So I made it out yesterday afternoon for an hour in perfect testing conditions. 20 degrees, light snow, winds to the low teens, wind chill to single digits. Brrrr. Someone beam me to San Diego please...

First impression is the SS is a full sized, slower paced, well balanced and behaved, trick capable machine. Seems most like the ATM than anything else in my bag. Am going to enjoy spending time with this kite and it does look good in the snow.

The TE gives a gentle buzzing whenever the sail pressure builds up and the kite is not prone to accelerate so I'm not inclined to untie the leech line.

As the upper spreader pulls the LEs together, I went home and replaced the nose with a Tim Benson Superfly configuration which offers better lateral support in this situation. The surgery went well, the kite is back out in the car, and pics added to the build pictorial.

Thanks for all the positive comments. I am pleased with how this came out. Now have to order some 3PTs to frame up the UL...

Thanks Ara Always something to learn. The goals of most DIYers are to meet their own expectations, learn and share something new, improve current skills, and have fun doing it. Its nice if you can save a few $$ and meet the minimum expectations of others. You don't want people casually looking at your work and saying "Sooo you did that yourself did you?"

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